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Canada Holds Off Sweden to Claim Fifth Straight World Junior Championship

Closed Published January 6th, 2009 on FanHouse

Filed under: NHL General, NHL Draft, NHL Fans

FanHouse is keeping hockey fans updated on the happenings at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa.

When it was all said and done, the best team won the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Again.

Canada claimed their fifth straight gold medal Monday night with a 5-1 win over Sweden at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. The hosts were never seriously threatened during four of their six games in the tournament. When they did face adversity, they stepped up their game and won in spite of it.

Monday night, the Canadians were outshot by Sweden, but goaltender Dustin Tokarski (NHL rights: Tampa Bay) was at his very best. Looking like he did in the second and third periods against Team USA last week, Tokarski stopped 39 of 40 shots on the night. P.K. Subban (Montreal) gave Canada the lead just 38 seconds into the game, and Tokarski took it from there.

Canada Holds Off Sweden to Claim Fifth Straight World Junior Championship originally appeared on Fanhouse NHL Blog on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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